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Usage[edit]

This is a wrapper for {{Cite web}}, used for citing The Merck Index.

Blanks[edit]

{{Cite Merck Index |monograph_id= |title= |date= |access-date=}}

{{Cite Merck Index 
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Parameters[edit]

All parameters are required.

monograph_id: extract from the Merck Index Online URL, so for https://www.rsc.org/Merck-Index/monograph/mono1500008328 you would enter mono1500008328
title: Title of the monograph. Copy from the Merck Index Online page, e.g. D-Ribose; defaults to {{PAGENAMEBASE}}
date: Copy the Last Revised: date from the Merck Index Online page
access-date: Date you accessed the page on Merck Index Online

Example[edit]

{{Cite Merck Index| monograph_id=mono1500008328 |title=D-Ribose |date=2006 |access-date=9 February 2015}}
- "D-Ribose". The Merck Index. Royal Society of Chemistry. 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2015.